lotsabeefy
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Lots of ladies and gents seem to be writing a kind of diary in order to help themselves and others along their journey.
My name is Nadine, i am 36 and have 3 children and a loving husband.......oh and i weigh 26 stones 11lb.
I was a slim child but always had that feeling of wanting to eat constantly,but i had danced and so the weight was held back for a short time at least. i started to put weight on around the age of 15-16 (i would say that i have gained a stone a year since then).
My mum always seemed to be aware that i had this problem and tried really hard to stop me, she would join gyms and weight loss groups with me in the hope of stopping the greed over taking me.
By the time i was 20 i was easily 18 stone and so it progressed.
So i spent the last 20 or so years fighting and sometimes winning a battle but never the war.
At the age of 35 i went to my GP after trying all the weightloss drugs and VLCD's and asked to be considered for gastric surgery, i was given blood tests and then turned down as i had no obesity related illness. Fair enough i thought, i'm fat but it's not making me ill, i'll just get on with my life and whatever.........In Aprill 2009 i applied to do my nurse training and was accepted by the University of Central Lancashire. I was so excited, my GP had filled the medical form in and although stated that i had no health problems my BMI was 53. 2 weeks before i was supposed to commence my training i was asked to attend an appointment with a Dr at the occupational health center, he took one look at me a stated that his job was to ensure that the people the NHS were funding for training would be employable after they had received training. He took one look at me and said that by the time i had finished my training the affects of obesity would have taken there toll and therefore refused to pay for the funding. However what he did do was write to my GP stressing that i needed surgery in order to loose the weight and recommended that i be put forward.
So here i am i have met with Dr Syed who has now written to Blackpool PCT to arrange funding and i have my sleep apnea test on the 19th November.
I am very frightened and don't know what to expect my only option for weight loss surgery is the bypass and if any one can tell me what happens from here onwards i would really appreciate it.Also if anyone has been funded by Blackpool PCT i would really like to know how long you had to wait.
Cheers
Nadinexx:flirt2:
My name is Nadine, i am 36 and have 3 children and a loving husband.......oh and i weigh 26 stones 11lb.
I was a slim child but always had that feeling of wanting to eat constantly,but i had danced and so the weight was held back for a short time at least. i started to put weight on around the age of 15-16 (i would say that i have gained a stone a year since then).
My mum always seemed to be aware that i had this problem and tried really hard to stop me, she would join gyms and weight loss groups with me in the hope of stopping the greed over taking me.
By the time i was 20 i was easily 18 stone and so it progressed.
So i spent the last 20 or so years fighting and sometimes winning a battle but never the war.
At the age of 35 i went to my GP after trying all the weightloss drugs and VLCD's and asked to be considered for gastric surgery, i was given blood tests and then turned down as i had no obesity related illness. Fair enough i thought, i'm fat but it's not making me ill, i'll just get on with my life and whatever.........In Aprill 2009 i applied to do my nurse training and was accepted by the University of Central Lancashire. I was so excited, my GP had filled the medical form in and although stated that i had no health problems my BMI was 53. 2 weeks before i was supposed to commence my training i was asked to attend an appointment with a Dr at the occupational health center, he took one look at me a stated that his job was to ensure that the people the NHS were funding for training would be employable after they had received training. He took one look at me and said that by the time i had finished my training the affects of obesity would have taken there toll and therefore refused to pay for the funding. However what he did do was write to my GP stressing that i needed surgery in order to loose the weight and recommended that i be put forward.
So here i am i have met with Dr Syed who has now written to Blackpool PCT to arrange funding and i have my sleep apnea test on the 19th November.
I am very frightened and don't know what to expect my only option for weight loss surgery is the bypass and if any one can tell me what happens from here onwards i would really appreciate it.Also if anyone has been funded by Blackpool PCT i would really like to know how long you had to wait.
Cheers
Nadinexx:flirt2:
